Volume 1: Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 41 First Half (First Update Guaranteed)

Chapter 41 The first half (first update guaranteed)

"Unbelievable! Unbelievable!"

"Oh God! What did I see?!"

“goooooooooooooooool——!!”

"This is incredible! Naples took the lead in the away game - but the incredible thing is not this, but... the goal was made by Chen Yingxiong, and the way he scored was... a direct kick more than thirty meters away from the goal ball!"

"What? Chen Yingxiong scored a direct free kick? And it was more than thirty meters away from the goal!? You must be surprised when you hear the news, right? Yes, I am as surprised as you are!"

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When Chen Yingxiong scored, the commentators went crazy. They couldn't believe what they were seeing.

Because this matter is indeed beyond their knowledge - it is well known that Chen Yingxiong is not good at shooting free kicks. He has never seen him take any free kicks before.

So when Chen Yingxiong stood in front of the football and prepared to take the free kick, everyone was surprised. Inter Milan fans were even more relieved.

Unexpectedly, the football was hit by Chen Yingxiong!

After scoring the goal, Chen Yingxiong looked particularly excited!

In fact, he had no clue whether the goal could be scored before. He just suddenly became interested and wanted to try it. After all, the opponent didn't take such a long free kick seriously. He felt that it was no different from the long-range shooting practice in training...

So he played as he did, but he didn't expect that he actually scored!

Chen Yingxiong no longer needs to run to Mourinho and lift his jersey to remind him who he is.

He ran toward the sideline with his arms outstretched and celebrated with a dive landing.

He was then pinned down by his teammates who also swooped over.

Naples fans cheered at the San Siro.

Of course, the larger number of Inter Milan fans immediately booed, drowning out the voices of these Naples fans...

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"Oh oh oh! Beautiful direct free kick! Beautiful powerful direct free kick! Chen Yingxiong!!" Liu Jianhong was particularly excited. Every time Chen Yingxiong scores a goal, he will be very excited - in China, his evaluation as a commentator is not high, and his commentary on other games is lifeless. Some people have even summarized his comments on the Chinese team's games. The most popular sentence is: "There is not much time left for the Chinese team!"

But when commentating on Chen Yingxiong's games, he lost the hypnotic style of never waking up, and he didn't know why. It may be said that Chen Yingxiong is a Chinese player and his compatriot, which makes him feel patriotic... But there are eleven compatriots in the Chinese national team, and he has no enthusiasm.

But no matter what the reason was, it was always a good thing to have passion in one's commentary - what he didn't know was that in St. Petersburg, Russia, there was once a commentator who had a smooth commentator who changed his style because of Chen Yingxiong.

At this moment, Shirgaevsky was shouting into the microphone: "Hero-hero-hero! Hero hero hero hero hero!!! His powerful long-range free kick flew directly into the goal! So beautiful!”

The Italian Football League Serie A is also broadcast in Russia, so fans in St. Petersburg can watch Serie A matches every weekend. But after all, they still can't compare with Chinese fans, because the TV station does not broadcast Naples games every weekend, but more often broadcasts the top three in the north...

In today's game, it was precisely because Naples' opponent was Inter Milan that they were able to see Chen Yingxiong again.

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The Naples players were celebrating, and the Inter Milan players generally looked bad.

They didn't expect to concede the ball in such a way.

Cesar knelt on the ground, turned his head and stared blankly at the ball in the net, opened his arms, and was helpless.

But together, these players are probably not as bad as Mourinho alone.

His bad face was not entirely because Chen Yingxiong scored a goal, but the bigger reason was because the team was lagging behind and there was one less person...

This was the fundamental reason that made him look so bad.

The first half of the game was not even over yet. We were missing a central defender and were still behind in the score. This up and down game... is difficult to win!

As early as Lucio was sent off, he had already asked Chivu to warm up.

Who should be replaced?

You definitely can't move defensively, you can only sacrifice your offense...

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When Mourinho was having a headache about who to replace and who not to replace, Mazzarri next door was celebrating a goal with his colleagues.

"I think free kick training will be arranged for the hero starting today!" Assistant coach Viviani shouted excitedly.

It’s not that he really wants Chen Yingxiong to practice free kicks, it’s just a way to express his excitement...

However, Mazzarri felt that this might be something that could be tried...

Chen Yingxiong's shooting power is so powerful that he has seen it in training. The goalkeeper tried to hug him directly, but was knocked off his hands. It didn't happen just once or twice. However, in actual games, there are rarely times when there is no interference and he can give full play to his shooting power.

Maybe you can really try it?

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Three minutes after the game restarted, Inter Milan finally made substitutions.

Mourinho replaced Eto'o with Chivu.

Diego Milito was not replaced because Milito has been in good form recently, and Mourinho also wanted to use his form to score a goal in the frontcourt or something. As for Eto'o...he has not found his form so far. Although he is quite active in returning to defense, what the team needs now is not to return to defense, but to attack!

Mourinho is not conservative at his home stadium.

In fact, it was impossible for him to be conservative even if he wanted to - how could he be conservative when he was one goal behind? Do we have to accept the fact that we lost at home?

never!

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Many people always think that having one more person than the other party is a big advantage, but in reality? In competition, numerical superiority is not always felt. Because the side with fewer people will always choose to retract the defense, first stabilize the defense, and then wait for opportunities to counterattack.

This is the case with Mourinho and Inter Milan today.

Although they were behind in the score, they did not rush to counterattack. Instead, they replaced a defender, removed a forward, and strengthened their defense first. Let the defense, which is missing a central defender, stabilize its position.

Naples originally planned to use their numerical advantage to strengthen their offensive and strive to expand the score before the end of the first half.

But Inter Milan chose to shrink its defense.

Mourinho's requirement for the players is not to concede any more goals before the end of the first half.

As for equalizing the score or even taking the lead at home, let's leave it to the second half.

Mourinho is very confident about his adjustments during the halftime break.

He always keeps a small notebook with him. Most of the time, during the first half of the game, TV viewers can always see Mourinho immersed in what he is writing in the notebook.

That is to record the results he observed based on the first half of the game, and then make targeted adjustments based on these results during the halftime break. For example, if the opponent's wing attack is very sharp, then during the halftime break, I ask the team to make more use of the space behind them after pressing up from the wing. In this way, the opponent's full-backs naturally should not press forward, and the own side's defensive crisis is also resolved.

Being only one goal behind is not the end of the world for Mourinho. With his excellent adjustments at halftime, he believes that the situation will be turned around in the second half.

With the contraction of Inter Milan, Naples' attack has become louder and weaker - it seems that they have formed a formation to besiege Inter Milan with great momentum, but in reality? There aren't many truly threatening shots.

Chen Yingxiong was trapped in the opponent's crowd and had no decent shooting opportunities.

As a result, until the end of the first half, Naples failed to expand the score as they wished.

The score is still 0:1, and Inter Milan at home is lagging behind.

But judging from the reactions of the players on both sides when they came off the field, as well as the cheering momentum of the Inter Milan fans in the stands, it seems that Inter Milan has the upper hand...

The expression on Mazzarri's face also looked very grim. Of course he knew that Mourinho would use the halftime break to make adjustments. What should his team do in the second half?

Chen Yingxiong didn't think about it that much, and he had a relaxed and happy smile on his face when he came off the field.

Anyway, in the first half, he scored a goal, and it was a direct free kick that had never been scored before. He has every reason to be happy and satisfied with his performance.

The head coach's troubles are not his and will not affect his emotions.

"The first half of the game is over. Naples was not able to continue to expand the lead in the first half, which is a pity. But for Chinese fans, the hero scored a very beautiful direct free kick in the game, which was enough for them. We feel satisfied... In the second half, let us continue to look forward to his wonderful performance!"

Liu Jianhong said before the end of the first half of the broadcast.

"Chen Yingxiong said last season that he wanted to double-play the defending champion. In the first 45 minutes of this game, he gave himself a good start for this goal..." The Italian commentator also believed that Naples' Chen Yingxiong's performance was very good. Excellent, no matter what trouble Naples may encounter in the second half, Chen Yingxiong is the undisputed best player in Naples.

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Mourinho saw a somewhat frustrated Lucio in the locker room. He knew very well that because of his temporary hot-headedness, his team fell into the dilemma of playing more with less. What made him feel even more painful was that his team also lost the ball because of this foul - he never expected that Chen Yingxiong could hit the football from such a distance, otherwise he would rather not foul...

He expected Mourinho to yell at him and scold him.

But no.

Mourinho just patted him on the shoulder: "Don't take it to heart, Lucimar (Lucio's real name). It was just an accident."

Mourinho's approach immediately cleared away the tension that permeated the Inter Milan dressing room.

After comforting Lucio, Mourinho clapped his hands, and then he raised his voice and said: "Okay, gentlemen. I'm sorry that we were one goal behind in the first half and one less person. But don't forget that this is us. their home court, so don’t get downhearted, let’s find a way to beat them!”